6-Sex (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 6-Sex is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 39° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:57, 44° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:40, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
6-Sex
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h51m14s [4] |
| Declination: | −04°14'36" [4] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 6.02 (V) [2] 6.22 (BT) [2] 6.04 (VT) [2] 5.99 (G) [4] 6.06 (BP) [4] 5.85 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 66.2 parsec 215.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.15 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 29.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 155.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.92 |
Sources